Carol Arthur

Carol Arthur
Carol Arthur
Born	Carol Arata; August 4, 1935; Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1971–2004
Spouse(s)	Dom DeLuise (m. 1965; died 2009)
Children	Peter DeLuise; Michael DeLuise; David DeLuise

Carol Arthur (born August 4, 1935) is a retired American actress, mainly recognizable as playing supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks.

Early life and career

Arthur was born Carol Arata in Hackensack, New Jersey, the daughter of Mildred (née Foehl) and Peter Arata, a police officer.[1]

She is probably best remembered as the outspoken town school teacher Harriett Johnson ("You are the leading asshole in the state!") in Brooks' Blazing Saddles. She has also guest-starred in many television shows from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s, including The Dom DeLuise Show, Emergency!, Sanford and Son, Rhoda, Alice, Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, St. Elsewhere and 7th Heaven. During the late-1970s and early-1980s, Arthur appeared as "Safety Sadie", the spokeswoman for the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in several television and radio public service announcements.

Personal life

Arthur met her husband Dom DeLuise in 1964 while working in various stage theaters in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The couple were married from 1965[2] until DeLuise's death in 2009. Together they had three sons, all of whom have become actors: Peter, Michael, and David DeLuise.[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Making It	Mrs. Warren
1974	Blazing Saddles	Harriett Johnson
1974	Our Time	Gym Teacher
1975	The Sunshine Boys	Doris Green
1976	Silent Movie	the "incredibly pregnant" woman
1977	The World's Greatest Lover	woman in record store
1979	Hot Stuff	Ernie's wife
1981	The Brady Girls Get Married	Mrs. Logan	TV movie
1989	The Princess and the Dwarf
1993	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Complaining Villager
1995	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	villager
1997	The Good Bad Guy	Liza
1998	The Godson	Mama Calzone
1999	Boys Will Be Boys	Blanche	TV movie
2000	Intrepid	Marcia Lowell
2002	It's All About You	Producer
2003	Between the Sheets	Gabby
2004	7th Heaven	Gertrude Fleaming	Episode: "Two Weddings, an Engagement and a Funeral" (final appearance)

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gollark: Or maybe gamma, not sure if plutonium emits that much.

gollark: α and β radiation are very easy to block, I think the main issue is just accidentally consuming some of the radioactive stuff.

gollark: Are there not problems with random people having a large enough mass of radioisotopes to cook things?

gollark: The *UK* Queen? Oh bee.

References

O'Donnell, M. (1984). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. 1. Gale. ISSN 0749-064X. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
McLellan, Dennis (May 6, 2009). "Dom DeLuise dies at 75; actor was a 'naturally funny man'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
Grimes, William (May 5, 2009). "Dom DeLuise, Comic Actor, Dies at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2017.

External links

Carol Arthur on IMDb

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[google-1] O'Donnell, M. (1984). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. 1. Gale. ISSN 0749-064X. Retrieved April 8, 2015.

[LATimes-2] McLellan, Dennis (May 6, 2009). "Dom DeLuise dies at 75; actor was a 'naturally funny man'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 18, 2011.

[nytimes1-3] Grimes, William (May 5, 2009). "Dom DeLuise, Comic Actor, Dies at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2017.